A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.